英语词汇“show-pupil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. With the sense ‘that is shown or displayed’, ‘characterized by show or display’, ‘that is suitable for display, esp. as a specimen, or as being particularly excellent or attractive’, as show-garden, show-pupil, etc.

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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > ostentatiously displayed

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ostentate1615

paraded1855

the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > kept for breeding > for display

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society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [adjective] > relating to or suitable for

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exhibitional1882

showpiece1945

preview1954

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > kept for breeding > bred for desired quality > for points of beauty > for show

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1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 48 As he is marvelously given to be popular for a show matter.

1777 J. Potter Let. 5 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (2002) Revolutionary War Ser. XII. 136 I am oppresed with Bad Officers. I wold Rather be a show boy than what I am if it wold sarve my Cuntrey as well.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 238 There is a shew article or two for public exhibition.

a1821 J. Keats Otho i. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 128 For, without thee, this day I might have been A show-monster about the streets of Prague.

1826 T. B. Macaulay Let. 26 July in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. iii. 143 He is not one of those show-talkers who reserve all their good things for special occasions.

a1855 C. Brontë Emma: a Fragm. i, in Cornhill Mag. (1860) Apr. 489 To judge whether the acquisition now offered was likely to answer well as a show-pupil.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 13 This quadrangle is the show part of the college.

1862 F. W. Robinson Owen ii. iv Owen was the show-boy now when visitors came.

1901 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 433 That tendency to display, fostered by the vanity of parents, which is the hall-mark of what has been, in late years, designated the show-child.

1941 F. Thompson Over to Candleford xiii. 200 She was the show pupil of the school; good at every subject.

2015 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 23 May Mr Toh, 53, built a show garden which showed off Singapore's tropical foliage to cool London.

单词	show-pupil
释义	> as lemmas show-pupil a. With the sense ‘that is shown or displayed’, ‘characterized by show or display’, ‘that is suitable for display, esp. as a specimen, or as being particularly excellent or attractive’, as show-garden, show-pupil, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adjective] > ostentatiously displayed show1573 ostentate1615 paraded1855 the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > kept for breeding > for display show1573 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [adjective] > relating to or suitable for show1573 exhibitional1882 showpiece1945 preview1954 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [adjective] > kept for breeding > bred for desired quality > for points of beauty > for show show1573 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 48 As he is marvelously given to be popular for a show matter. 1777 J. Potter Let. 5 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (2002) Revolutionary War Ser. XII. 136 I am oppresed with Bad Officers. I wold Rather be a show boy than what I am if it wold sarve my Cuntrey as well. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 238 There is a shew article or two for public exhibition. a1821 J. Keats Otho i. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 128 For, without thee, this day I might have been A show-monster about the streets of Prague. 1826 T. B. Macaulay Let. 26 July in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. iii. 143 He is not one of those show-talkers who reserve all their good things for special occasions. a1855 C. Brontë Emma: a Fragm. i, in Cornhill Mag. (1860) Apr. 489 To judge whether the acquisition now offered was likely to answer well as a show-pupil. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. i. 13 This quadrangle is the show part of the college. 1862 F. W. Robinson Owen ii. iv Owen was the show-boy now when visitors came. 1901 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 433 That tendency to display, fostered by the vanity of parents, which is the hall-mark of what has been, in late years, designated the show-child. 1941 F. Thompson Over to Candleford xiii. 200 She was the show pupil of the school; good at every subject. 2015 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 23 May Mr Toh, 53, built a show garden which showed off Singapore's tropical foliage to cool London. extracted from shown.¹ < as lemmas
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